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Employment and training programs; Harassment; Judiciary; Labor-management relations; Supreme court; Temporary and part-time employment; Women's rights - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404322_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Australia: Minimum Wage System to Be Examined by Productivity Commissionhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404299_text
Labor; Wages and hours - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5,... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 10 Feb 2015 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404299_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Mongolia: Decision on Increasing Civil Servant Salaries and Pensionshttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404284_text
Budget; Income tax; Labor; Officials and employees - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404284_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Ecuador: Proposed Reform of Labor Code http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404163_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404163_textGlobal Legal Monitor: European Court of Human Rights; France: Prohibition of Unionization of Military Personnel Condemnedhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404173_text
Human rights; International organizations; Labor-management relations; Military service - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014),... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404173_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Cambodia: New Regulation to Protect Workershttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404161_text
Human rights; Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Wed, 15 Oct 2014 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404161_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Egypt: Draft Law Regulating the Relationship Between Employees and Employers During Strikeshttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404154_text
Civil rights and liberties; Labor; Labor-management relations - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404154_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Germany: Parliament Passes Law on Minimum Wagehttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404092_text
Employee benefits; Labor; Wages and hours - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404092_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Court of Justice of the European Union: Opinion of Advocate General on Obesity as a Form of Disabilityhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404084_text
Discrimination; Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404084_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Japan: 16th National Holiday Addedhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404074_text
Employee benefits; Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404074_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Bolivia: Code of Children and Adolescents Amended to Allow Ten-Year Olds to Work http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404066_text
Child labor; Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404066_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Oman; Sri Lanka: MOU on Employment and Training Signedhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404052_text
Employment and training programs; International affairs; Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404052_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Court of Justice of the European Union: Pregnant Women Retain Their Work Status http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404048_text
Employee benefits; Labor; Women's rights - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 30 Jun 2014 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404048_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Brazil: Constitutional Amendment Approved http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404018_text
Constitution; Drug trafficking; Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No.... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205404018_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Netherlands: Combined Residence and Work Permit Implemented for Some Foreign Workershttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403947_text
Immigration; Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403947_textGlobal Legal Monitor: South Africa: Law Designed to Spur Youth Hiring Takes Effecthttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403824_text
Employee hiring; Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Thu, 09 Jan 2014 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403824_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Belarus: People Will Be Taxed for Not Workinghttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403770_text
Employee hiring; Income tax; Labor; Taxation - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1,... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 26 Nov 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403770_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Nigeria: Federal Government Adopts Draft Policy to Eradicate Child Laborhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403712_text
Families; Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403712_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Italy: Tax Incentives and Other Measures to Tackle Youth Unemploymenthttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403693_text
Children; Labor; Taxation - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013],... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 09 Sep 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403693_textGlobal Legal Monitor: International Labour Organization: Domestic Workers Conventionhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403694_text
International affairs; Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 09 Sep 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403694_textGlobal Legal Monitor: International Labour Organization: Maritime Labour Convention in Forcehttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403672_text
International affairs; Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Wed, 21 Aug 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403672_textGlobal Legal Monitor: China: City of Beijing Requires Certificate of No Criminal Record for Foreigner Workershttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403669_text
Administrative law and regulatory procedures; Immigration; Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 20 Aug 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403669_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Denmark: Unemployment Benefits Extendedhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403605_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period.... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403605_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Indonesia: Domestic Worker Legislation Under Considerationhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403606_text
Labor; Human rights - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers.... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403606_textGlobal Legal Monitor: European Union: Response to Factory Collapse in Bangladeshhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403598_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403598_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Brazil: Labor Rights of Household Workershttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403529_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403529_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Belgium: Rules for Hiring Out Labor Come into Forcehttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403504_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403504_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Israel: Employer's Permitted to Have Information on Relevant Pending Criminal Investigations of Potential Employees http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403505_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403505_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Israel: Employer Surveillance of Employeeshttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403506_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403506_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Belarus: Employee Termination of Labor Contracts Prohibitedhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403480_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan.... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403409_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Japan: Support for Single Working Parentshttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403365_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403365_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Israel: Supreme Court: Mandatory Early Retirement Constitutes Prohibited Age-Based Discriminationhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403363_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403363_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Taiwan: Cabinet Approves Increase in Minimum Hourly Wagehttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403347_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403347_textGlobal Legal Monitor: United Nations: Domestic Workers Treaty to Become Effective Next Yearhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403314_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403314_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Taiwan: Proposal to Raise Minimum Wagehttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403278_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403278_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Vietnam: Code Amended to Balance Employer-Employee Interestshttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403207_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403207_textGlobal Legal Monitor: China: Maternity Leave Extended from 90 Days to 98 Dayshttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403200_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403200_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Sri Lanka: MOU to Be Signedhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403164_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Wed, 23 May 2012 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403164_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Indonesia; Malaysia: Protests over Deaths of Migrant Workershttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403123_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Wed, 02 May 2012 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403123_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Israel: Affirmative Action for Druze in the Public Sectorhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403048_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium.... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402907_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Brazil: New Labor Law Extends Notice of Dismissal to Up to 90 Dayshttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402856_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11,... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402856_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Taiwan: New Minimum Wage Proposedhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402770_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 17 May 2011 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402674_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Israel: Court Blocks Deportation of Foreign Workers Who Give Birthhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402641_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402641_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Greece: Firing of Employee for Surfing on Internet at Workhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402636_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402636_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Israel: Increase of Participation of Israelis of Ethiopian Origin in Public Servicehttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402599_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402599_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Sri Lanka: Minimum Age for Migrant Domestic Workers Raisedhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402490_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402490_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Saudi Arabia: Sponsorship System for Foreign Workers Will Not Be Abolishedhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402486_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402486_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Nigeria: National Assembly to Increase Minimum Wagehttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402473_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Wed, 19 Jan 2011 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402473_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Turkey: New Minimum Wagehttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402451_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior.... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402208_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Chile: Supreme Court of Justice Decision Disallows Additional Severance Payments for Teachers in Private Sectorhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402134_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402134_textGlobal Legal Monitor: European Union: Draft Directive on Entry and Residence for Third-Country Seasonal Workershttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402123_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402123_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Taiwan: Labor Union Law Amended, Giving Teachers Right to Unionizehttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205402039_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 11 May 2010 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401973_textGlobal Legal Monitor: United States: Agency Rescinds Employment Regulations Targeting Employers of Immigrants http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401627_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401627_textGlobal Legal Monitor: United States: Federal Court Rules State Law Governs NFL Players' Drug Test Resultshttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401593_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players,... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401593_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Ecuador: Anti-Economic Crisis Strategy for Protection of Employmenthttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401392_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401347_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Taiwan: Draft Bill on Pensions for Private School Employeeshttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401332_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401332_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Rwanda: Labor Law Modifiedhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401275_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 11 May 2009 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401275_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Peru: Labor Inspection Law Amendedhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401263_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children.... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401216_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Greece: Draft Legislation to Promote Employment of Young Adultshttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401158_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401158_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Brazil: Payment of Unemployment Insurance Extendedhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205401022_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540857_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Belgium: Employment of Bulgarian and Romanian Nationalshttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540849_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540849_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Netherlands: Severance Pay Ceiling Proposedhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540825_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance In an announcement published in the government gazette on December 3, 2008, Namibian Labor Minister, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, declared that section 128 of the Labor Act of Namibia, a provision that prohibits labor hire practices, will take... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance In an announcement published in the government gazette on December 3, 2008, Namibian Labor Minister, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, declared that section 128 of the Labor Act of Namibia, a provision that prohibits labor hire practices, will take On November 26, 2008, Taiwan's Gender Employment Equality Law, which was originally promulgated on January 16, 2002, was amended. The amendment affects articles 38 and 38-1, the penalty provisions of the Law. A January 2008 amendment... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance In an announcement published in the government gazette on December 3, 2008, Namibian Labor Minister, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, declared that section 128 of the Labor Act of Namibia, a provision that prohibits labor hire practices, will take On November 26, 2008, Taiwan's Gender Employment Equality Law, which was originally promulgated on January 16, 2002, was amended. The amendment affects articles 38 and 38-1, the penalty provisions of the Law. A January 2008 amendment On November 4, 2008, Tanzania's National Assembly approved amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act. In particular, the revisions are aimed at assisting employees who become disabled or die as a result of employment-related injuries, thereby remedying... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540791_textGlobal Legal Monitor: China: Implementation Regulations of Labor Contract Law Publishedhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540751_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance In an announcement published in the government gazette on December 3, 2008, Namibian Labor Minister, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, declared that section 128 of the Labor Act of Namibia, a provision that prohibits labor hire practices, will take On November 26, 2008, Taiwan's Gender Employment Equality Law, which was originally promulgated on January 16, 2002, was amended. The amendment affects articles 38 and 38-1, the penalty provisions of the Law. A January 2008 amendment On November 4, 2008, Tanzania's National Assembly approved amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act. In particular, the revisions are aimed at assisting employees who become disabled or die as a result of employment-related injuries, thereby remedying On September 18, 2008, the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC) passed the Implementation Regulations of the PRC Labor Contract Law. (Text of the Implementation Regulations [in Chinese], Central People's Government of the... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540751_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Namibia: New Labor Act to Become Effectivehttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540696_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance In an announcement published in the government gazette on December 3, 2008, Namibian Labor Minister, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, declared that section 128 of the Labor Act of Namibia, a provision that prohibits labor hire practices, will take On November 26, 2008, Taiwan's Gender Employment Equality Law, which was originally promulgated on January 16, 2002, was amended. The amendment affects articles 38 and 38-1, the penalty provisions of the Law. A January 2008 amendment On November 4, 2008, Tanzania's National Assembly approved amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act. In particular, the revisions are aimed at assisting employees who become disabled or die as a result of employment-related injuries, thereby remedying On September 18, 2008, the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC) passed the Implementation Regulations of the PRC Labor Contract Law. (Text of the Implementation Regulations [in Chinese], Central People's Government of the The Namibian Labor Act of 2007 will become effective on November 1, 2008, the Namibian Minister of Labor and Social Welfare announced recently. The implementation of the Act, which was approved several months ago by the... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance In an announcement published in the government gazette on December 3, 2008, Namibian Labor Minister, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, declared that section 128 of the Labor Act of Namibia, a provision that prohibits labor hire practices, will take On November 26, 2008, Taiwan's Gender Employment Equality Law, which was originally promulgated on January 16, 2002, was amended. The amendment affects articles 38 and 38-1, the penalty provisions of the Law. A January 2008 amendment On November 4, 2008, Tanzania's National Assembly approved amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act. In particular, the revisions are aimed at assisting employees who become disabled or die as a result of employment-related injuries, thereby remedying On September 18, 2008, the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC) passed the Implementation Regulations of the PRC Labor Contract Law. (Text of the Implementation Regulations [in Chinese], Central People's Government of the The Namibian Labor Act of 2007 will become effective on November 1, 2008, the Namibian Minister of Labor and Social Welfare announced recently. The implementation of the Act, which was approved several months ago by the On September 7, 2008, Bangladesh's Interim Government relaxed certain emergency rules to allow limited trade union activity. Trade union activity, along with political activities and street protests, were banned in January 2007 when a state of... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance In an announcement published in the government gazette on December 3, 2008, Namibian Labor Minister, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, declared that section 128 of the Labor Act of Namibia, a provision that prohibits labor hire practices, will take On November 26, 2008, Taiwan's Gender Employment Equality Law, which was originally promulgated on January 16, 2002, was amended. The amendment affects articles 38 and 38-1, the penalty provisions of the Law. A January 2008 amendment On November 4, 2008, Tanzania's National Assembly approved amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act. In particular, the revisions are aimed at assisting employees who become disabled or die as a result of employment-related injuries, thereby remedying On September 18, 2008, the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC) passed the Implementation Regulations of the PRC Labor Contract Law. (Text of the Implementation Regulations [in Chinese], Central People's Government of the The Namibian Labor Act of 2007 will become effective on November 1, 2008, the Namibian Minister of Labor and Social Welfare announced recently. The implementation of the Act, which was approved several months ago by the On September 7, 2008, Bangladesh's Interim Government relaxed certain emergency rules to allow limited trade union activity. Trade union activity, along with political activities and street protests, were banned in January 2007 when a state of The Statute on Labor Insurance was significantly amended on August 13, 2008. Among other changes are the following. The new Statute divides labor insurance into the two categories and payment types of... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540632_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Czech Republic: New Rules for Sick Leave Benefitshttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540565_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance In an announcement published in the government gazette on December 3, 2008, Namibian Labor Minister, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, declared that section 128 of the Labor Act of Namibia, a provision that prohibits labor hire practices, will take On November 26, 2008, Taiwan's Gender Employment Equality Law, which was originally promulgated on January 16, 2002, was amended. The amendment affects articles 38 and 38-1, the penalty provisions of the Law. A January 2008 amendment On November 4, 2008, Tanzania's National Assembly approved amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act. In particular, the revisions are aimed at assisting employees who become disabled or die as a result of employment-related injuries, thereby remedying On September 18, 2008, the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC) passed the Implementation Regulations of the PRC Labor Contract Law. (Text of the Implementation Regulations [in Chinese], Central People's Government of the The Namibian Labor Act of 2007 will become effective on November 1, 2008, the Namibian Minister of Labor and Social Welfare announced recently. The implementation of the Act, which was approved several months ago by the On September 7, 2008, Bangladesh's Interim Government relaxed certain emergency rules to allow limited trade union activity. Trade union activity, along with political activities and street protests, were banned in January 2007 when a state of The Statute on Labor Insurance was significantly amended on August 13, 2008. Among other changes are the following. The new Statute divides labor insurance into the two categories and payment types of On May 15, 2008, the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic invalidated the package of reform legislation initiated by the government that had provided for the elimination of payments to all employees nationwide during the first... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540565_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Bangladesh: New Ordinance to Amend the Bangladesh Labor Act of 2006http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540358_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance In an announcement published in the government gazette on December 3, 2008, Namibian Labor Minister, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, declared that section 128 of the Labor Act of Namibia, a provision that prohibits labor hire practices, will take On November 26, 2008, Taiwan's Gender Employment Equality Law, which was originally promulgated on January 16, 2002, was amended. The amendment affects articles 38 and 38-1, the penalty provisions of the Law. A January 2008 amendment On November 4, 2008, Tanzania's National Assembly approved amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act. In particular, the revisions are aimed at assisting employees who become disabled or die as a result of employment-related injuries, thereby remedying On September 18, 2008, the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC) passed the Implementation Regulations of the PRC Labor Contract Law. (Text of the Implementation Regulations [in Chinese], Central People's Government of the The Namibian Labor Act of 2007 will become effective on November 1, 2008, the Namibian Minister of Labor and Social Welfare announced recently. The implementation of the Act, which was approved several months ago by the On September 7, 2008, Bangladesh's Interim Government relaxed certain emergency rules to allow limited trade union activity. Trade union activity, along with political activities and street protests, were banned in January 2007 when a state of The Statute on Labor Insurance was significantly amended on August 13, 2008. Among other changes are the following. The new Statute divides labor insurance into the two categories and payment types of On May 15, 2008, the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic invalidated the package of reform legislation initiated by the government that had provided for the elimination of payments to all employees nationwide during the first The Bangladesh interim cabinet approved the Bangladesh Labor (amendment) Ordinance 2008 on March 31. The ordinance allows only one trade union organization to conduct activities at the ports of Chittagong and Mongla. Prior law allowed more... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540358_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Ghana: Minimum Wage Increasehttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540359_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance In an announcement published in the government gazette on December 3, 2008, Namibian Labor Minister, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, declared that section 128 of the Labor Act of Namibia, a provision that prohibits labor hire practices, will take On November 26, 2008, Taiwan's Gender Employment Equality Law, which was originally promulgated on January 16, 2002, was amended. The amendment affects articles 38 and 38-1, the penalty provisions of the Law. A January 2008 amendment On November 4, 2008, Tanzania's National Assembly approved amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act. In particular, the revisions are aimed at assisting employees who become disabled or die as a result of employment-related injuries, thereby remedying On September 18, 2008, the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC) passed the Implementation Regulations of the PRC Labor Contract Law. (Text of the Implementation Regulations [in Chinese], Central People's Government of the The Namibian Labor Act of 2007 will become effective on November 1, 2008, the Namibian Minister of Labor and Social Welfare announced recently. The implementation of the Act, which was approved several months ago by the On September 7, 2008, Bangladesh's Interim Government relaxed certain emergency rules to allow limited trade union activity. Trade union activity, along with political activities and street protests, were banned in January 2007 when a state of The Statute on Labor Insurance was significantly amended on August 13, 2008. Among other changes are the following. The new Statute divides labor insurance into the two categories and payment types of On May 15, 2008, the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic invalidated the package of reform legislation initiated by the government that had provided for the elimination of payments to all employees nationwide during the first The Bangladesh interim cabinet approved the Bangladesh Labor (amendment) Ordinance 2008 on March 31. The ordinance allows only one trade union organization to conduct activities at the ports of Chittagong and Mongla. Prior law allowed more On March 5, 2008, Ghana's National Tripartite Committee (NTC) announced that the country's daily minimum wage would rise to GHC2.25 (1 cedi equals US$1), an increase of over 18 percent from the previous GHC1.9. The new... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540359_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Japan: McDonald's Manager Not Considered a Manager Under Labor Lawhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540286_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance In an announcement published in the government gazette on December 3, 2008, Namibian Labor Minister, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, declared that section 128 of the Labor Act of Namibia, a provision that prohibits labor hire practices, will take On November 26, 2008, Taiwan's Gender Employment Equality Law, which was originally promulgated on January 16, 2002, was amended. The amendment affects articles 38 and 38-1, the penalty provisions of the Law. A January 2008 amendment On November 4, 2008, Tanzania's National Assembly approved amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act. In particular, the revisions are aimed at assisting employees who become disabled or die as a result of employment-related injuries, thereby remedying On September 18, 2008, the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC) passed the Implementation Regulations of the PRC Labor Contract Law. (Text of the Implementation Regulations [in Chinese], Central People's Government of the The Namibian Labor Act of 2007 will become effective on November 1, 2008, the Namibian Minister of Labor and Social Welfare announced recently. The implementation of the Act, which was approved several months ago by the On September 7, 2008, Bangladesh's Interim Government relaxed certain emergency rules to allow limited trade union activity. Trade union activity, along with political activities and street protests, were banned in January 2007 when a state of The Statute on Labor Insurance was significantly amended on August 13, 2008. Among other changes are the following. The new Statute divides labor insurance into the two categories and payment types of On May 15, 2008, the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic invalidated the package of reform legislation initiated by the government that had provided for the elimination of payments to all employees nationwide during the first The Bangladesh interim cabinet approved the Bangladesh Labor (amendment) Ordinance 2008 on March 31. The ordinance allows only one trade union organization to conduct activities at the ports of Chittagong and Mongla. Prior law allowed more On March 5, 2008, Ghana's National Tripartite Committee (NTC) announced that the country's daily minimum wage would rise to GHC2.25 (1 cedi equals US$1), an increase of over 18 percent from the previous GHC1.9. The new On January 28, 2008, the Tokyo District Court ordered McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) Ltd. to pay 7.55 million yen (US$70,000) in overtime allowance and "additional pay" to a manager at one of its outlets. The court... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540286_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Germany: Unemployment Compensationhttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540220_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance In an announcement published in the government gazette on December 3, 2008, Namibian Labor Minister, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, declared that section 128 of the Labor Act of Namibia, a provision that prohibits labor hire practices, will take On November 26, 2008, Taiwan's Gender Employment Equality Law, which was originally promulgated on January 16, 2002, was amended. The amendment affects articles 38 and 38-1, the penalty provisions of the Law. A January 2008 amendment On November 4, 2008, Tanzania's National Assembly approved amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act. In particular, the revisions are aimed at assisting employees who become disabled or die as a result of employment-related injuries, thereby remedying On September 18, 2008, the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC) passed the Implementation Regulations of the PRC Labor Contract Law. (Text of the Implementation Regulations [in Chinese], Central People's Government of the The Namibian Labor Act of 2007 will become effective on November 1, 2008, the Namibian Minister of Labor and Social Welfare announced recently. The implementation of the Act, which was approved several months ago by the On September 7, 2008, Bangladesh's Interim Government relaxed certain emergency rules to allow limited trade union activity. Trade union activity, along with political activities and street protests, were banned in January 2007 when a state of The Statute on Labor Insurance was significantly amended on August 13, 2008. Among other changes are the following. The new Statute divides labor insurance into the two categories and payment types of On May 15, 2008, the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic invalidated the package of reform legislation initiated by the government that had provided for the elimination of payments to all employees nationwide during the first The Bangladesh interim cabinet approved the Bangladesh Labor (amendment) Ordinance 2008 on March 31. The ordinance allows only one trade union organization to conduct activities at the ports of Chittagong and Mongla. Prior law allowed more On March 5, 2008, Ghana's National Tripartite Committee (NTC) announced that the country's daily minimum wage would rise to GHC2.25 (1 cedi equals US$1), an increase of over 18 percent from the previous GHC1.9. The new On January 28, 2008, the Tokyo District Court ordered McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) Ltd. to pay 7.55 million yen (US$70,000) in overtime allowance and "additional pay" to a manager at one of its outlets. The court On December 22, 2007, Germany's legislature enacted the Amending Law to Title 3 of the Social Code (Sechstes Gesetz zur Anderung des Dritten Buches Sozialgesetzbuch, BUNDESGESETZBLATT I at 3245), which reduces unemployment compensation from 4.2 percent... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540220_textGlobal Legal Monitor: Israel: Choice of Labor Law in West Bank Israeli Settlementshttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l2054071_text
Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance In an announcement published in the government gazette on December 3, 2008, Namibian Labor Minister, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, declared that section 128 of the Labor Act of Namibia, a provision that prohibits labor hire practices, will take On November 26, 2008, Taiwan's Gender Employment Equality Law, which was originally promulgated on January 16, 2002, was amended. The amendment affects articles 38 and 38-1, the penalty provisions of the Law. A January 2008 amendment On November 4, 2008, Tanzania's National Assembly approved amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act. In particular, the revisions are aimed at assisting employees who become disabled or die as a result of employment-related injuries, thereby remedying On September 18, 2008, the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC) passed the Implementation Regulations of the PRC Labor Contract Law. (Text of the Implementation Regulations [in Chinese], Central People's Government of the The Namibian Labor Act of 2007 will become effective on November 1, 2008, the Namibian Minister of Labor and Social Welfare announced recently. The implementation of the Act, which was approved several months ago by the On September 7, 2008, Bangladesh's Interim Government relaxed certain emergency rules to allow limited trade union activity. Trade union activity, along with political activities and street protests, were banned in January 2007 when a state of The Statute on Labor Insurance was significantly amended on August 13, 2008. Among other changes are the following. The new Statute divides labor insurance into the two categories and payment types of On May 15, 2008, the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic invalidated the package of reform legislation initiated by the government that had provided for the elimination of payments to all employees nationwide during the first The Bangladesh interim cabinet approved the Bangladesh Labor (amendment) Ordinance 2008 on March 31. The ordinance allows only one trade union organization to conduct activities at the ports of Chittagong and Mongla. Prior law allowed more On March 5, 2008, Ghana's National Tripartite Committee (NTC) announced that the country's daily minimum wage would rise to GHC2.25 (1 cedi equals US$1), an increase of over 18 percent from the previous GHC1.9. The new On January 28, 2008, the Tokyo District Court ordered McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) Ltd. to pay 7.55 million yen (US$70,000) in overtime allowance and "additional pay" to a manager at one of its outlets. The court On December 22, 2007, Germany's legislature enacted the Amending Law to Title 3 of the Social Code (Sechstes Gesetz zur Anderung des Dritten Buches Sozialgesetzbuch, BUNDESGESETZBLATT I at 3245), which reduces unemployment compensation from 4.2 percent In a ground breaking decision rendered on October 10, 2007, the High Court of Justice in an extended bench held that Israel's labor laws apply to Palestinians who are employed by Israeli employers in the West... 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Labor - On February 26, 2015, Japan's Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Osaka High Court, which had itself reversed an Osaka District Court judgment approving suspension and demotion as punishments for two male managers who repeatedly On January 22, 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released a series of issues papers related to the workplace relations framework in Australia. (Workplace Relations Framework Issues Papers, Productivity Commission website (last visited Feb. 5, It was reported on January 19, 2015, that on January 15, the Mongolian government issued a decision to increase salaries and pensions for the country's civil servants by 10%. The move is based on the Ecuador's Executive branch has proposed amending the Labor Code to add a classification of types of work and specification of rights and obligations according to the different work activities. (En el Borrador de Codigo In two related decisions, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that France's prohibition on military unionization violates the European Convention of Human Rights. (Matelly v. France, Eur. Ct. H.R. (Oct. 2, 2014), On October 8, 2014, Cambodia's Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training and Ministry of Tourism jointly issued a regulation (prakas) to extend to workers in the entertainment industry the same rights and protections that are accorded On October 4, 2014, representatives of Egypt's Ministry of Labor held a number of meetings with representatives of labor unions across the nation to discuss a draft law regulating workers' strikes. According to a statement On July 3, 2014, the Bundestag (German parliament) approved by a large majority legislation introducing a minimum wage in Germany and ending a decade-long debate in the country on the subject. Starting in 2015, Germany will On July 17, 2014, Niilo Jaaskinen, the Advocate General (AG) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), issued an opinion in a case involving a man who worked as a public employee in Japan's National Holiday Act was amended on May 30, 2014. (Act No. 43 of 2014; text of the current Act andamp; the amendment, effective in 2016 [both in Japanese], available at E-GOV.GO.JP.) The amendment designates On June 26, 2014, the Bolivian Congress approved an amendment to the Code of the Child and Adolescent (Codigo del Nino, Nina y Adolescente (Oct. 27, 1999), UNICEF website) that will include an exception to This month Sri Lanka and Oman concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on employment and training. The document was signed in Muscat, Oman, by Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera of Sri Lanka On June 19, 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a pregnant woman who was a French citizen working in the United Kingdom was entitled to income support after she discontinued her job in On May 27, 2014, the Brazilian Federal Senate approved a proposal for a constitutional amendment that was first put forward in 1999. The amendment modifies article 243 of the Constitution. (Proposta de Emenda Constitucional No. From April 1, 2014, qualified foreign nationals who come to the Netherlands to work for a period longer than three months will receive a combined residence and work permit (gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid) from On January 1, 2014, the Employment Tax Incentive Act No. 26 of 2013 (582 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE (Dec. 18, 2013)), aimed at spurring youth hiring through tax incentives, took effect. (Zuma Signs Youth Wage The Ministry of Finance of Belarus recently proposed legislation that introduces a tax on non-working citizens who do not pay taxes and therefore do not contribute to the budget revenues. If passed, as of January 1, The Government of Nigeria has adopted a draft policy to address the child labor issues that affect over six million children in the country. (Talatu Usman, Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy on Child Italy adopted a Decree-Law in June 2013, which was amended in August 2013, that is designed to promote youth employment in the country. (DECRETO-LEGGE, 28 giugno 2013, n. 76 [Decree-Law No. 76, June 28, 2013], On September 5, 2013, the Domestic Workers Convention came into effect. It extends basic labor rights to domestic workers worldwide. The Convention, developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), had to be ratified by two ILO The Maritime Labour Convention of 2006 came into force on August 20, 2013, having been ratified by 47 countries. (MLC Maritime Labour Convention 2006, NORMLEX (International Labour Organization (ILO) website); Ratifications of MLC On May 30, 2013, Beijing municipal employment authorities gave notice of a new requirement, effective as of July 1, for foreigners seeking work permits in Beijing. The foreign applicants must provide a Certificate of The repeal of a January 2013 law limiting unemployment benefits to a two-year period means that Denmark's unemployed will now be able to receive funds for four years through a two-year extension of the benefit period. On May 28, 2013, Lita Anggraini, the coordinator of the Indonesian National Network for Domestic Workers Advocacy (Jala PRT, an NGO network) urged the country's legislature to finalize the draft law on protection of domestic workers. In a statement issued on April 30, 2013, Catherine Ashton, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Karel De Gucht,the Commissioner for Trade, expressed the EU's commitment to assisting Bangladeshi authorities On March 26, 2013, the Brazilian Federal Senate unanimously approved, on a second and final round, a constitutional amendment that extends to household workers the same rights and duties of all workers who are regulated by A Belgian law of December 27, 2012, published in the State Gazette on December 31, became effective on January 10, 2013. Among its provisions are rules on the hiring out of workers to other On February 21, 2013, the Supreme Court of Israel rendered a decision in a case lodged by a plaintiff whose candidacy for the position of regional distributor with Mifal Hapais, a public body that enjoys the The Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court recently rejected a lawsuit brought by a graphic designer against her former employer for compensation for having been laid off, sick On December 7, 2012, President Lukashenko of Belarus issued a decree entitled "Additional Measures to Develop the Lumber Industry." (Text [in Russian], President of the Republic of Belarus website (last visited Jan. Federal Law No. 185 on Amendments to Federal Laws on the Status of Foreigners and on Education entered into force on December 1, 2012. (ROSSIISKAIA GAZETA No. 262 (Nov. 14, 2012) [official publication, in Russian].)Under On November 15, 2012, Indonesia's Manpower and Transmigration Ministry published a decree that limits the use of contract workers. The new decree has been sent on to the Justice and Human Rights Ministry for review before Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to Help Single Parents Have Jobs (Boshi katei no haha oyobi fushi katei no chichi no On August 27, 2012, Israel's Supreme Court, sitting as a High Court of Justice in an extended bench of seven justices, voided an order issued by the The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) has approved a proposal put forward by the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) to increase the minimum hourly wage in Taiwan from NT$103 (about US$3.50) to NT$109 (about US$3.71). The raise is The Convention on Domestic Workers, a United Nations treaty providing international standards aimed at improving the lives of domestic workers around the world, will come into effect next year. The ratification of the document by two Taiwan's Council of Labor Affairs (CLA), a Cabinet-level agency in charge of labor matters at the national level, announced on August 9, 2012, that Taiwan's minimum hourly wage will be increased in two phases, from NT$103 Since its promulgation in 1994, the first Labor Code of Vietnam (International Labor Organization, NATLEX) has been amended three times, in 2002, 2006, and 2007. In 2012, the Code was amended again after approval by On April 28, 2012, China's State Council published the Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Female Employees (text in Chinese, Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China website (May 7, 2012)). Aiming According to Dilan Perera, the Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Oman and Sri Lanka are planning to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on manpower issues. On the whole, Perera said, conditions are On April 26, 2012, several Indonesian officials made a formal protest to Malaysia over the shooting deaths of three Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia in late March. This followed a request by Muhaimin Iskandar, the Minister On March 13, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Law for Extending Proper Representation to Members of the Druze Community in Public Service (Amendments) 5772-2012 (the Knesset website (last visited Mar. 20, 2012)). The On January 17, 2012, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled that outsourcing labor, which in this context means hiring workers on short-term contracts without benefits, is unconstitutional. The idea behind this decision is that workers have "the right In 2009, following reports of Indonesian domestic workers being abused in Malaysia, a ban on sending migrant laborers there was instituted. On November 30, 2011, the Indonesian government announced an end to the moratorium. On October 11, 2011, Brazilian President Dilma Roussef signed into law legislation that amends the Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5.452, de 1 de Maio de 1943). According to Law No. 12,506 of October 11, On July 21, 2011, the Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) announced its decision on a proposal to increase Taiwan's monthly minimum wage by 5.03%. If approved by Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet), the increase from NT$17,880 (about On June 6, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Specific Institutions (Amendment No. 7) Law, 5771-2011. The Amendment Law adds the new category of "helpless persons" to groups On May 1, 2011, Hong Kong's Minimum Wage Ordinance took effect; under it a HK$28 (about US$3.6) per hour minimum wage rate is enforced. (Minimum Wage Ordinance (Cap. 608), Hong Kong Department of Justice Bilingual On April 13, 2011, Israel's High Court of Justice accepted a petition to void a procedure that required female foreign workers, in the absence of unusual humanitarian circumstances, to leave the country with their newborns within On April 19, 2011, the District Court of Athens upheld the decision of an airline company that had fired a female employee for visiting the social networking website "Facebook" for extended periods of time during working On March 28, 2011, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed the Expansion of Appropriate Representation of Members of the Ethiopian Community in the Public Sector (Legislative Amendments) Law, 5761-2011. The Law amends various pieces of legislation on In January 2011, the Cabinet of the Sri Lankan government approved a proposal to raise the minimum legal age of employment for migrant domestic workers from Sri Lanka, making it 21 rather than 18. The new On January 21, 2011, the Minister of Labor of Saudi Arabia announced that the government has no intention of abolishing the sponsorship system in the Kingdom. Known as kafala, the sponsorship system includes a pledge by It was reported on January 13, 2011, that Jonathan Goodluck, President of Nigeria, has forwarded a bill to amend the law on the national minimum wage to the National Assembly for floor action (Minimum Wage Bill Turkey's Minimum Wage Commission announced on December 28, 2010, that the country's new minimum wage as of January 2011 will be TL796.50 (about US$515) a month, making the monthly net after-tax income of minimum wage earners On November 15, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) extended the authority enjoyed by supervisors appointed under the Foreign Workers Law, 5751-1991 by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Employment and by the Minister of the Interior. On July 21, 2010, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, passed an amendment to the Youth Labor Law (Amendment No. 14). The amendment prohibits the employment during school hours of young people who are in the 11th and Chile's Labor Code was amended on March 29, 2008, to include provisions establishing that final trial decisions in labor cases may be challenged exclusively by the annulment recourse. The recourse, which suspends application of the trial On July 13, 2010, the European Commission, as part of a package of measures proposed in 2005 and endorsed in 2008 to regulate legal migration, adopted a draft directive designed to establish common minimum standards for On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement According to an administrative act (portaria) issued on May 31, 2010, by the Ministry of Employment, Brazilian companies are now prohibited from requiring prospective employees to be tested for HIV during the hiring process or by It was reported on May 14, 2010, that the Ministry of Public Services and Labor (MIFOTRA) of Rwanda is in the process of drafting a new law which, if passed, will put in place safeguards to On May 10, 2010, a two-day conference opened in The Hague to discuss a campaign to end the worst forms of child labor. The conference's 450 participants from 80 countries have called for these practices The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has rescinded a 2007 regulation intended to prevent employers from employing undocumented immigrants, the enforcement of which had been enjoined by a federal court. The 2007 regulation, known A United States federal appeals court has held that National Football League (NFL) players can use state law to challenge penalties for positive tests of substances banned by the league. In 2006, five NFL players, Ecuador has adopted a decree that creates a Commission Responsible for the Development, Promotion, and Monitoring of the Implementation of an Anti-Crisis Strategy for the Protection of Employment. The anti-crisis strategy is a systematic set of The Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk (an industrial region in the Ural Mountains that is one of the Russian constituent components) is discussing the First Employment Act, a state law that would provide for additional employment guarantees On June 1, 2009, the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's highest legislative body) passed the preliminary draft of a bill on retirement, compensation, severance, and resignation of private school employees, which would affect more than 60,000 teachers and It was reported on May 5, 2009, that, after a prolonged debate, the Rwandan Chamber of Deputies passed a bill that modifies the labor law adopted in 2001. The change prolongs the possible working hours from On April 8, 2009, President Alan Garcia Perez of Peru signed a law amending article 6 of the General Law on Labor Inspection, dealing with the assignment of jurisdictions for the authorities (Law No. 28806). Article Sri Lanka's National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) is taking steps to combat the practice of employing underage children as domestic helpers. According to Jagath Wellawatta, NCPA's chair, the existing laws will be strengthened to protect children. In Greece, young adults up to 30 years of age are encountering serious problems in finding employment commensurate with their professional qualifications and expertise. The unemployment rate for this age group was over 22 percent in On February 11, 2009, Brazil's Ministry of Labor extended the payment of unemployment insurance (seguro-desemprego) to sectors of the economy that are facing high levels of unemployment. In order to assess which sectors will be granted On January 23, 2009, in response to the international financial crisis, four Chinese agencies jointly issued guiding opinions on stabilizing labor relations (the Opinions). The six-part document begins with the statement that its purpose is to On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of the constitutionality of laws in France takes place before their On December 5, 2008, the Belgian Council of Ministers approved a draft royal regulation that keeps barriers in place against the hiring of Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009, to The Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands announced in a press release on November 26, 2008, that the Dutch Cabinet had endorsed a legislative proposal to place a ceiling of one year's salary as the severance In an announcement published in the government gazette on December 3, 2008, Namibian Labor Minister, Immanuel Ngatjizeko, declared that section 128 of the Labor Act of Namibia, a provision that prohibits labor hire practices, will take On November 26, 2008, Taiwan's Gender Employment Equality Law, which was originally promulgated on January 16, 2002, was amended. The amendment affects articles 38 and 38-1, the penalty provisions of the Law. A January 2008 amendment On November 4, 2008, Tanzania's National Assembly approved amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act. In particular, the revisions are aimed at assisting employees who become disabled or die as a result of employment-related injuries, thereby remedying On September 18, 2008, the State Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC) passed the Implementation Regulations of the PRC Labor Contract Law. (Text of the Implementation Regulations [in Chinese], Central People's Government of the The Namibian Labor Act of 2007 will become effective on November 1, 2008, the Namibian Minister of Labor and Social Welfare announced recently. The implementation of the Act, which was approved several months ago by the On September 7, 2008, Bangladesh's Interim Government relaxed certain emergency rules to allow limited trade union activity. Trade union activity, along with political activities and street protests, were banned in January 2007 when a state of The Statute on Labor Insurance was significantly amended on August 13, 2008. Among other changes are the following. The new Statute divides labor insurance into the two categories and payment types of On May 15, 2008, the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic invalidated the package of reform legislation initiated by the government that had provided for the elimination of payments to all employees nationwide during the first The Bangladesh interim cabinet approved the Bangladesh Labor (amendment) Ordinance 2008 on March 31. The ordinance allows only one trade union organization to conduct activities at the ports of Chittagong and Mongla. Prior law allowed more On March 5, 2008, Ghana's National Tripartite Committee (NTC) announced that the country's daily minimum wage would rise to GHC2.25 (1 cedi equals US$1), an increase of over 18 percent from the previous GHC1.9. The new On January 28, 2008, the Tokyo District Court ordered McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) Ltd. to pay 7.55 million yen (US$70,000) in overtime allowance and "additional pay" to a manager at one of its outlets. The court On December 22, 2007, Germany's legislature enacted the Amending Law to Title 3 of the Social Code (Sechstes Gesetz zur Anderung des Dritten Buches Sozialgesetzbuch, BUNDESGESETZBLATT I at 3245), which reduces unemployment compensation from 4.2 percent In a ground breaking decision rendered on October 10, 2007, the High Court of Justice in an extended bench held that Israel's labor laws apply to Palestinians who are employed by Israeli employers in the West On October 10, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction against the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS"), preventing DHS from implementing new regulations designed to make it more difficult... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l20540153_text